Surrender is a beautiful quality. It is like the footprint of an elephant because it includes all other good qualities. In the process of surrender we must accept things as they are, even as we also accept we don't really understand them. We can do nothing with them by ourselves.... Continue reading

In the Christian Scriptures, Jesus Christ goes through one tortuous episode after another to help those He loves. His story mirrors the horrors of human history, but He saves the world. The fact that one noble man of peace was the victim of prejudice and harassment; ridiculed, threatened, falsely accused... Continue reading

The Power of Peace. That phrase almost seems contradictory, an oxymoron. How can peace be powerful? We see around us that outer action, aggressive action is chosen time and again as the answer to most problems, while the soul within is left sleeping, inactive, unaware. But peace, real peace comes... Continue reading

The argument that there is only one objective reality is spurious because we can only have an opinion on that. Our opinion is informed by many things, including our biochemistry, including what we don't know or understand, our emotions, our drives, fears, frustrations and joys, our unique past history remembered,... Continue reading

Zen is not an easy path. Facing one's self is more confronting than comforting. Continue reading

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The ad gives me hope. The defensive comments on YouTube remind me how Adolph Hitler rose to power, and the necessity for good men to take the very simple and direct steps this ad depicts. Continue reading

You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did, well really, what's it to you? There's a blaze of light in every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah .... I did my best, it... Continue reading

(Jen is an online pen pal I met at Brian Hine's fine site, Church of the Churchless. https://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/ Jen commented here a few days ago elegantly about Existentialism and Buddhism, and so I asked her if I could repost those citations and if she wouldn't mind adding some thoughts. Jen's... Continue reading

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-new-you/201412/why-my-new-year-s-resolution-is-meditate-every-day While you are doing this, consider visualizing world peace! Or whirrled peas.... Today's a great day for resolutions... Some tips for success... Start small. Journal your resolutions, goals and results a few times a week... Put out small efforts every day.... Expect some setbacks.... Use those as learning /... Continue reading

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160422-atheism-agnostic-secular-nones-rising-religion/ People raised in a world that explores, a world that enjoys the beauty of creation and the elegance of science, finds new inspiration in the sheer appreciation of creation, and a thankfulness that requires no personality to address. What do you find inspiration in? What is your "God"? Continue reading

In the story of the woman caught in adultery, Jesus does not question the law nor the verdict (John 8:1-11). He tells those present they may stone the woman, so long as they are without sin and therefore eligible to impose the death penalty. He frees this woman on a... Continue reading

Ruby posted this... Truly wonderful... "Surrender to the mystery... Warmth and trust" Continue reading

There Is No Such Thing as Conscious Thought: Philosopher Peter Carruthers insists that conscious thought, judgment and volition are illusions. They arise from processes of which we are forever unaware ...According to a new article in Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/there-is-no-such-thing-as-conscious-thought/ It's long been know that the brain functions way too slowly... Continue reading

Putting aside the literal trappings of religion, is it possible that the early teachers were talking about an internal subjective experience when they speak of Spirit? An audible spirit? "Well has the all-gracious and Almighty God interposed as it were an intermediate Power between himself and them, even the Divine... Continue reading

"...as you continue practicing, the things you saw happening during the state itself become part of your way of being. They become traits.” Continue reading

The first thing that got me was I could hear God's voice," the pastor said. "And it so enamored me — I mean, it changed me dramatically. I couldn't wait to pray!" Scott McDermott. Continue reading

https://drsusantaylor.com/5-interesting-facts-meditation/ Prayer, Worship and Meditation, while each has somewhat different practices, all share unique features of focus on something / someone from either a neutral mindset, as a passive observer, or from a loving mindset, with the object of focus the beloved. Some forms, like the Harvard Meditation, use repetition;... Continue reading

In my home in Boston, we're seeing a Renaissance of Enlightenment in the wake of the disasters of blind faith. Will this happen to religion in other parts of the world? For example RSSB as well? https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2018/12/11/boston-given-up-on-god/ "Religion isn’t just fading from campus, though—all throughout the city, faith is dying... Continue reading

Bayley pays the Singh Brothers some " dividends..." Ouch... No not those brothers...wait a minute...maybe they have relatives in India? As the newcasters say "They have a guru in the mix...Yes, Yes, it's a potboiler! Money has been given to the Master of the Radha Soami Satsang! ...This whole mystery... Continue reading

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